We had a class the other night in our Teacher of Pupils Training that was of tremendous benefit to me. The subject was "Starting the Day Right." What I did was pull together everything I could find where Jesus talks about how to start our day, which included the...
Some of you may be tempted to skip this article because it is about an unpopular topic: memorization. Please bear with me a bit and see what you think after reading it. When I first suggested publishing an article about how to memorize portions of the Course as part...
We at the Circle believe that Course practice is meant to be a lifelong affair, a spiritual discipline which remains the cornerstone of our lives long after we have moved on from the Workbook. After going through the Workbook in the year 2000 (this was the third time...
When I first started reading the Course, I was so inspired by the exalted vision it had of my reality that I wanted more than anything to experience that reality for myself. Or so I thought. For when I actually tried to practice A Course in Miracles so that I could...
What to Do with the Prayers in the Workbook What do we do with all those prayers in Part II of the Workbook? Once we reach that second part, with each new lesson we turn to there is another one of those prayers staring us in the face, confronting us yet again with the...
The Practice of Letting Go of the Previous Hour and Blessing the Hour to Come I don’t know about you, but to be perfectly honest, I often find daily life to be a tiring affair. Even though I have a good life with much to be thankful for, the business of living can...
Reflections on the Prayer for Lesson 345 I’ve getting a lot of mileage lately out of the prayer for Lesson 345: “I offer only miracles today, for I would have them be returned to me.” It suggests a whole new way of living in the world: a way of selfless giving that...
There is a passage in the introduction to Lessons 181-200 that has always fascinated me. Speaking of those lessons, it says: Each contains the whole curriculum if understood, practiced, accepted, and applied to all the seeming happenings throughout the day. One is...
How do we manage to live with our imperfections? As we grow spiritually, we become so aware of what true love is like, what forgiveness is, and how we “ought” to live that we grow increasingly aware that most of the time we don’t live up to what we know. How can we be...
Evening quiet time is one of the staples of daily Course practice. Unfortunately, though, I’ve found it difficult to make it a regular part of my practice. After a long and tiring day, it’s so tempting for me to just flop into bed, instead of taking the time to focus...
A Dialogue Between Roger Walsh and Robert Perry Meditation is one of the most universal, time-honored, and effective spiritual practices. Its effectiveness is now being confirmed by an ever-growing mountain of research data. Yet its place in A Course in Miracles seems...
Hourly practice is, of course, one of the mainstays of the Workbook. Here are some of the many practices that the Workbook instructs us to do on the hour. If you are in Part II of the Workbook, or are doing post-Workbook practice, you may want to try to incorporate...
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